The POWHER School: Transforming Care Provided by Guatemalan Traditional Birth Attendants. Issue 5 (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Callister, Lynn Clark
• Is Part Of: MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing. Volume 44:Issue 5(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Obstetric Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric Nursing -- Periodicals; Maternal-Child Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Maternity nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; Maternity nursing; Pediatric nursing; Databases; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Databases; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000555
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-929X

Abstract

Abstract : Our global health and nursing expert, Dr. Callister, discusses the School of POWHER (Providing Outreach in Women's Health and Educational Resources) that was founded in Sololá in the western highlands of Guatemala in 2011 to help train traditional birth attendants for safe maternity care. Respect for culture and local customs are important aspects of this successful program.